Assistant Transport Planner / Transport Planner

Mott MacDonald; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading consultancy as an Assistant Transport Planner in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Contribute to transport planning projects and enhance your career in a dynamic environment. Mott MacDonald values diversity and offers a hybrid working model, alongside comprehensive benefits for well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Health cash plan

Flexible working hours

34 days holiday per year

Enhanced family leave policies

Qualifications

• Post-graduate experience in transport planning.
• Knowledge of current UK transport policy context.
• MSc in a transport/urban design subject is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of collaborative project teams in transport planning.
• Deliver technical work for senior staff and clients.
• Oversee tasks matching your ability and expertise.

Skills

Good communication skills

Report writing skills

Education

Degree in a related discipline

Membership of relevant professional organisation

Job description

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Location/s: Glasgow or Edinburgh, UK

Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About The Business Unit

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

Overview Of The Role

A member of the transport planning team in Scotland (Edinburgh or Glasgow) you will be integrated within a range of transport planning projects and assisting in driving these projects to successful delivery. You will be a key addition to the team, contributing to the continued development of Mott MacDonald’s market presence and ongoing growth of the transport planning business across the UK. You may also contribute to the company’s wider portfolio of international projects.

Key Responsibilities And Duties Include

• Working as part of our collaborative project teams in transport planning
• Delivering technical work for senior staff and clients
• Overseeing tasks and activities that match your ability, expertise and interest
• Writing report and proposals
• Growing your knowledge, expertise and skills in transport planning
  
  

Candidate specification

As a Transport Planning Professional, You Have Post-graduate Experience Working Within The Transport Planning Industry And Have Knowledge Of The Current UK Transport Policy Context With The Ability To Utilise This Knowledge Through Projects And Client Interaction. You Will Also Be Able To Demonstrate The Following

• Degree in a related discipline (or equivalent)
• Membership of relevant professional organisation(s)
• Good communication skills with clients and colleagues
• Good report writing and other written numerical skills
  
  

Although not essential, holding an MSc of post-graduate qualification in a transport / urban design related subject would be beneficial.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We Offer Some Fantastic Benefits Including

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
  
  

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
  
  

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
  
  

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
  
  

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
  
  

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
  
  

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.

Location(s):

Glasgow, GB Edinburgh, GB

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Transport

Discipline: Planning and modelling

Job Ref: 8998

Recruiter Contact: Alice Roostan

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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